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Movie Description This wildly bizarre Japanese horror movie from master Takeski Miike (AUDITION) follows the mysterious disappearance of Brother, a gangster who was accidentally killed by one of his Mafia cohorts, Minami. Searching for Brother's body--which vanished minutes after he was shot--Minami stumbles into a strange secluded inn and gets a room. He is instantly aware that something fishy is going on, and as he gets to know the innkeepers more intimately, that feeling is backed up by evidence. Given to loud, rambunctious sessions of pumping her own breast milk, the innkeeper is certainly a spectacle. Meanwhile, the violent sadomasochistic relationship (read: whipping) shared between the innkeeper and her brother is quite another. Nothing, however, can top Miike's grand finale for GOZU which combines some very important Givenchy crotchless panties, an old man who has a unique solution for his anal fixation, and an extremely gelatinous, odds-defying birth.
Film Notes DVD Features:
Region (unknown) Keep Case Anamorphic Letterboxed Widescreen Audio: (unspecified) - Japanese Subtitles - English - Optional Additional Release Material: Audio Commentary - 1. Andy Klein, Wade Major - Film Critics Interviews - 1. Takashi Miike - Director (featuring Guillermo Del Toro, Eli Roth - Directors) Trailers Featurette - 1. Making Of Text/Photo Galleries: Stills Gallery Biographies Film Notes by Tom Mes - Author of "Agitator: The Cinema of Takashi Miike"
This film screened as part of SXSW 2004 in Austin Texas.
Industry Reviews "Miike may make more films than you can keep up with, but this one's a keeper. It's a slow-burn for sure, but the ending proves Miike has known exactly what he's doing all along..." Uncut - David Cox (08/01/2004)
"Hideki Sone makes a weirdly credible Minami....Some of the inventions are cherishable..." Sight and Sound - Tony Rayns (09/01/2004)
"Miike is a bold visual stylist with a strong sense of composition. Miike inspires his actors to depict actions with a complete naturalness that surely no other director has ever asked them to attempt..." Los Angeles Times - Kevin Thomas (08/13/2004)
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